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From what I hear those arcs aren't even considered mediocre writing when compared to Thrawn, NJO, Bane and many of the other books written between IV-VI. If that is all that would be put aside I guess I could live with it, although my main concern is the new cannon that will come from all the novels they will be writing after the new trilogy. With Disney acquiring SW from Lukas and the previous writers who cared for this world I fear that money and not the fans will be primary motive for the books especially if they target the younger audience like they did with Ep. 1-3.

 

Your right, I meant to put that in my post. I guess that came off a little arrogant since I haven't read all the series and others have. I guess the only thing I wonder is, "if" I take the time and money to read all the post NJO books will it be a waste of time? Obviously nothing has been decided yet in regards to the cannon but like you guys are saying if the timeline for the new series does stay the same there's a good chance they could cut out some of the books.

 

I am incapable of recommending the post-NJO, because I can't stand the direction it took the universe. Sinrebirth is one of the very few people around here who actually likes the post-NJO, in addition to people who started on the novels with the post-NJO.

 

The Unifying Force is the last novel with Jacen in it. The Joiner King introduced a new character with the same name.

 

You won't see me cry if anything beyond the NJO books gets flushed down the toilet. And really after that the galaxy just seemed to get caught in one war or bad skirmish after another. It could lead to a society that only knew war and peace would be a foreign concept.and the eventual destruction of said society.

And really Luke and Mara stopped acting like responsible parents to their son. THAT is a pet peeve of mine. YOU are his parents and he is thirteen! If you don't like how he is acting abduct him, have someone take the three of you somewhere and dump you on some planet and spend time together. Come to think of it if they didn't like what Jacen was teaching Ben why didn't they cut the ties when Ben was nine/ten?

 

If Denning had his way, the GFFA would end up going the way of Alderaan.

 

I'm curious as to what will become of Denning's Mortis backstory.

 

This is a bit off topic but does anyone know if they Legacy comics coincide with the books? Ive been thinking about buying the collected volumes but since I haven't finished NJO I don't want to spoil anything or be completely lost.

 

Legacy comics are set in 137 ABY and beyond. Where as the legacy of hte force books (if that's the series you are referring to) are only set about 40 ABY, they have nothing to do with each other. The comics are a good read. The books, well I liked some parts of some of them.

 

Thank you. Do you think I would be better off finishing NJO then starting the comics? There seems to be so many books in the NJO series and I have no idea which ones might be a waste of time to read. (they can't all be worth paying for and reading can they? I assume some could be skipped?).

 

This discussion might be better suited for the NJO/LotF thread.

 

It has been too long since I read the NJO. I read them all as they were released. And I've never re-read any of them. It was the event in Star By Star that first soured me on the EU, I mean I have read on, but it was the first major even to make me want to put the books and the saga down for good. The feeling didn't last long, but it was there. There are many good books in the NJO series and maybe someday when I don't have young children I'll make time to re-read them. You can do a search in Lit for that answer, or just ask and they will direct you. I know I've seen the question come up there before

 

I've only read one of the Legacy comics, but I liked it.

Basically it's just a continuation of the saga.

I'm probably going to get flamed for this, but I believe that Cade Skywalker, Marasiah Fel, and Ania Solo are direct descendants of Ben Skywalker, Jaina Solo, and Jacen Solo, respectively.

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Actually, the first two aren't especially problematic.

The third I'm not so sure about - but if Allana retained the Solo name and passed it on to her descendants - it wouldn't be all that odd.

 

This must have been pointed out already, but by throwing out the EU, Disney is essentially destroying a very integral part of the star wars community.
Since Disney has above all, profits in mind, the discontinuation of the EU will be realized soon enough as a very bad business move.
And that's where the EU will be reimplemented.

 

Read all of the NJO. Then the Legacy comics. Legacy is a better follow-up to the NJO than DNT/LOTF/FOTJ by miles.

 

Ner vod! Where have you been? I have been looking for another who supports the post NJO EU.

 

I've only read a few books out of the many that make up the EU, but I love what I've read. I know the NJO and LOTF series get ripped on a lot, but I also know a decent amount of the fans like if not love the series. I love what LOTF books I've read. Maybe it could have been done differently, but that's beside the point.

If it wasn't for the EU, Star Wars would not nearly be the massive franchise it is today. It's sad that George seems to view it as just royalty paychecks because it's not in the films. Maybe I'm touchy about this because I'm an aspiring writer myself and would hate to see something I put a lot of effort in just thrown out or, even worse, recycled.

Hopefully Disney won't mess up. Like I said before, I don't expect every last bit of Star Wars to be made into film or TV, and I can live with some changes to plots. I just don't want everything to change.

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because that's exactly what happened with the OOT and the Dark Knight Trilogy was such a flop

 

I'm trying to avoid spoilers at all cost and fear I might accidentally stumble upon even just a minuscule detail about what I have not read lol thought I might just briefly entertain the thought of avoiding that aread until I read the books.

Unless there is a spoiler free zone in that section...........then I'm just dumb for not checking lol

 

Thank you. This pretty much answers my questions. I never realized how many NJO books there really were until I counted them up. Gonna be a good bit of time until I can finish all those.

 

19 of them plus several short stories. It can take a while but it'll be worth it.